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Weekly Newsletter
October 15, 2020
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Friday Nights at Or Shalom
Every Friday night at 7:00 pm, the community gathers on Zoom to welcome Shabbat. Some evenings are a full service (these also stream on Facebook Live); other times we have a brief program of Shabbat blessings, songs, prayers for healing, and the Kaddish. Check the Coming Up Soon... calendar above.
All Shabbat blessings and Shabbat services share this Zoom link. The password is: SHALOM.
Full services stream via Facebook Live. Visit the Or Shalom Facebook page at the scheduled time to view. If you "Like" our page, you will receive notifications whenever we go live.
October 30: Holiday Highlights: Reflection and Gratitude
On Friday night, October 30, we will follow our Shabbat blessings with a look back at this year's holiday-season-like-no-other. Were you moved or inspired by our observances this year? Were you impressed to see our leaders and fellow Or Shalom members step up with so much creativity in a time of such challenge? On this Shabbat, we will reflect together on the holidays, share what was meaningful, express our appreciation, and think together about how to keep those insights and inspirations alive as we move past the holiday season. Save the date; details to follow.
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Sing Shalom!
Or Shalom's Family Education Program
Two Sundays/month, 10:00-11:00 am.
Starts October 18, enrollment open!
Quality family time + hands-on learning = Sing Shalom!
Join Rabbi Katie, Music Director Mikey, and Education Director Zehava for active learning with the whole family through Havdalah, music, movement, crafts, cooking, and stories. Once a month we will send materials for our hands-on projects.
Aimed for parents/grandparents/caretakers with kids ages newborn to 7. Older siblings are welcome, of course! For now our program will we offered online (on Zoom gali gali...), but in time we hope to be back in person. Click here for dates, topics, and enrollment. |
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Election Section
Be sure to vote by November 3rd! We are aiming for 100% Or Shalom turnout.
Check out this meditation on voting from T'ruah.
And if you feel motivated to encourage others...
Enlist Swing-State Synagogues to Increase Voter Turnout
The Jewish Coalition for Voting Rights is partnering with Vote Tripling, an innovative program that increases voter turnout by up to 10% (read a New York Times piece about it here). Vote Tripling is focusing on swing states, so our job in California is to contact synagogues in swing states and encourage them to participate. Vote Tripling provides training, supplies, and support. Volunteers needed now! Contact Or Shalom member Adam Goldberg to get involved.
Phone-banking with Reclaim Our Vote
Reclaim Our Vote has made more than 571,000 phone calls so far in 2020! There are group phone banks almost daily. Once you are trained, you can call 7 days a week between 9am and 9pm in the time zone where the voter is located. Click here for schedules, the training video, information about voting in each of the states, and more.
Deep Voter Engagement with Faith in Action
Faith in Action is making "deep voter-engagement" calls to San Francisco districts 9, 10, and 11, asking voters about their concerns and talking about specific city and state propositions that could make a difference. This coming election is the immediate goal, but we will be forging relationships that over time will build community power and lead to a more equitable city. Join us for training, practice, and calling: Tuesdays from 7:00-8:00 pm at this link (Meeting ID 8528253 4862, Passcode 760521) and Thursdays from 11:00 am-noon at this link (Meeting ID 854 2755 1460, Passcode 059093). Questions? Contact Leslie Roffman.
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Save the Date for Election Reflection: November 4 at 7:30 pm
Join Rabbi Katie and your Or Shalom community on the day after the polls close. While the outcome of national elections may not be settled at that point, we will surely all be glad for the chance to connect and reflect about this historic moment.
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Tzedakah
We gratefully acknowledge contributions from our members:
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Sylvia Jacobs, in honor of Or Shalom
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Margo Miller, in honor of Madeleine Levin of the Tikkun Olam Committee, and in appreciation for Rabbi Katie's Kol Nidre drash.
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Matthew and Motomi Rudoff, in memory of Leonard Rudoff and Janet Meyers Rudoff
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Bryna Rifkind, in memory of Roger Rifkind
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Beth Mills, in memory of Eric Richard Solow
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Stephen Seligman & Mary Amsler, in memory of Leon Seligman
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Stephen Hall & Jaffa Dayan-Hall, in memory of Michael Jacobs
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Debbie Benrubi, in memory of Michael Jacobs
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Carol Small & Ernie Jensen, in memory of Michael Jacobs
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Stephen Gerard, in memory of Robert Gerard
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Yarzheits
On the anniversary of their deaths, we remember:
Elizabeth (Noe) Summer, Joseph Benjamin Gavrin, Sandy Siegel, Sam Pinto, William Shulman, Rebecca Bainton, Sylvia Stein, Leonard Rudoff, Roger Henri Rifkind, Sunny Fine, Margie Friedland, Richard Denholtz
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This Week's Parsha
The parsha for this week is B'reishit (Genesis 1:1-6:8)
Commentaries:
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Take Action with HIAS to settle 95,000 refugees
The Trump Administration has announced its intention to settle a historically-low number of refugees (only 15,000) in the 2021 fiscal year (without consulting Congress, which the President is legally obligated to do). Now is the time to take a stand with HIAS and call on our government to restore the U.S. refugee program by setting the admissions goal to its historical average of 95,000. Ask your Member of Congress to take action today.
Racism, Antisemitism, and Israel/Palestine Webinar
Join the Director of the USF Institute for Nonviolence and Social Justice, Dr. Clarence Jones, in conversation with USF Rabbi-in-Residence Camille Angel for the sixth annual Swig Program Human Rights Lecture. In the face of continuing structural racism, rising violent antisemitism, and growing division in the anti-racist community about Israel/Palestine, Dr. Jones will address the need to revitalize Black-Jewish solidarity. October 21 at 6:30 pm. Register here.
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Or Shalom Clergy and Staff
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